Background
Bonilla, Charles Francis was born on July 11, 1909 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Rodrigo and Lucy E. (Smith) Bonilla.
educator chemical and nuclear engineer
Bonilla, Charles Francis was born on July 11, 1909 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Rodrigo and Lucy E. (Smith) Bonilla.
AB, Cuenca Institute, Spain, 1925. AB, Columbia University, 1928. Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1929.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1933.
Tutor chemical engineering, City College of New York, 1932-1937;
from assistant professor to professor chemical engineering, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, 1937-1949;
department chairman chemical engineering, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, 1943-1949;
professor chemical engineering, Columbia University, New York City, 1948-1978;
department chairman, Columbia University, New York City, 1974-1977;
professor nuclear engineering, Columbia University, New York City, 1960-1978;
emeritus professor chemical and nuclear engineering, Columbia University, New York City, 1978-1987;
director nuclear engineering program, Columbia University, New York City, 1950-1960;
TRIGA reactor program, Columbia University, New York City, 1960-1987. Founder, director Liquid Metals Research Laboratory, 1948-1987, senior consultant, 1978-1987. Co-founder Nuclear Heat Transfer Research Facility, 1950, director, 1960-1978.
Consultant Board Economics Warfare, Foreign Economics Administration, Washington, 1942-1946. Member United States. Industrial Mission to Brazil, 1942, United States Technology Mission to Cuba, 1943, Atoms for Peace Missions to South American, 1956.
Nuclear exchange specialist to Spain, 1956, National Academy Science mission to Chile, 1960. Consultant Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 1942-1946, United States.Naval Engineering Experiment Station, 1946-1951, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1948-1956, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, Schenectady, 1952-1955, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (Engineering Research Laboratory), 1955-1962, Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, 1956-1962, Atomic Power Development Association, 1960-1968, General Electric Company, 1960-1975, 78, National Lead Company, 1961-1969, Argonne National Laboratory, 1956-1959, 70-87, Kaiser Engineers 1977-1978. Vice president research Chlormetals, Inc., 1964-1967.
Director Belfort Instrument Company, Baltimore, 1956-1978, Chairman of the Board, 1962-1972. Director P.R. Nuclear Center, Atomic Energy Commission, 1957-1959. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers committees K-13, K-7, 1956-1987, Chairman.K-7,1968-1971.
Co-chairman National Heat Transfer Conference (American Institute Chemical Engineer and American Society of Mechanical Engineers), 1983. Organization of American States lecturer U. Mexico, 1972. Invited speaker on sodium research technical International Association for Hydraulics Research, 1983.
Director research projects Rubber Reserve, Air Force, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Atomic Energy Commission, Allison division General Motors, others. Honorary member Atomic Energy Commission of Peru, 1956-1987. Invited speaker on sodium research technical International Association Hydraulics Research, 1983.
Married Sigrid Isabel Johnson, October 28, 1938 (deceased May 26, 1980). Children: Laurence Huguet, Elisabeth Blair.